Beehive attachment



G. B. Bisss. BEEHIVE ATTACHMENT. APPLICATION FILED M AR. 5| 1920.

1,357,832. PatnaNov. 2,f 1920.

INVENTOR GEORGE B. BIGGS, 0F BALTIMORE, MARYLAND. i

IBEEHIVE ATTACHMENT.

specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov., 2, 1920.

Application filed March 5, 1920. Serial NO. 363,382.

To all'. @l2/wm t may concern:

lie it known that l, GEORGE B. Brees, a citizen of the United States,residing .at Baltimore, lzitate of Maryland, have invented new anduseful lmproven'ients in Beehive .fmtachmenta of which the following isa speciiication.

This invention relates to an attachment tor bee-hives and the principalobject of the invention is to provide a false bottom for the hive whichis provided with means whereby a zigzag passage is formed which extendsfrom the entrance to the body of the hive, the horizontal portions ofthe passage being of approximately the length of the interior of thehive.

The purpose of the invention is to keep the interior of the hive warm incold weather by preventing cold winds Jfrom blowing into the hivethrough the entrance open- .in l

.llnother object of the invention is to provide a door which may beremoved in warm weather to permit the bees a direct entrance to the hivewithout using the zigzag passage.

Still another object of the invention is to provide a Ventilatingopening in the false bottom so as to afford ventilation to the hive ifthe entrance opening should be' lclosed by snow or ice.

This invention also consists in certain other features of. constructionand in the combination and arrangement of the several parts,to behereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawingsand speciiically pointed out in the appended claims.

ln describing my invention in detail, reterence will be had to theaccompanying drawings wherein like characters denote like orcorresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which Figure lis a view of a hive equipped with my invention7 the lower part beingbroken away to show the interior construction Fig. 2 is a transversesection.

Fig. 3 is a front view of the attachment.

In these views l indicates the body of the hive, 2 the bottom boardthereof and 3 indicates the attachment, which acts as a false bottom forthe hive. This attachment is 'formed of the side walls 4 and the upper'and lower bottoms 5 and 6. A space 7 is left at the rear edge of thelower bottom and a space 8 at the front edge at the upper bottom, thetwo bottoms being spaced apart as shown.

A baille strip 5 is located in a recess formed in the front upper edgeof the frame and is located above the space 8. This strip hasl itsVunder :tace beveled as shown and said strip acts to deflect the airpassing through said space 8 from the passageway and also as a shelll toprevent dead bees from dropping into said space 8 and thus choking upthe passageway. I prefer to make the free ends of the bottoms 5 ando ofrounded form as shown in Fig. l.

It will thus be seen that when the attachment is in place the bees willenter the usual entrance opening 9 and pass into the space between themain bottom and the lower bottom 5. From this space they` pass throughthe opening 7 into the space between the upper and lower bottoms andpass along this space to the front of the attachment and from this spacethey pass through the opening 8 into the body of the hive. These longhorizontal passages connected together by the small openings 7 and 8will prevent the entrance of cold air into the body of the hive from theentrance opening.

In order to render it'unnecessary to remove the attachment in warmweather I form an opening 10 in the front wall of the attachment so thatthe bees may pass through thisopening into the space above the upperbottom and thus directly into the hive. In cold weather-this opening isclosed by the door ll, which is held in place by any suitable means.

This door also permits a bee-keeper to remove dead bees from the upperand lower bottoms as he may remove this door and scrape the. dead beesvtrom the two plates by means of a stick or the like.

In order to prevent the bees from being suil'ocated if the entranceopening should become blocked by snow or ice I provide a ventilatinghole l2 in the side of the attachment, said opening being inclined andhaving its upper end communicating with the space above the upperbottom. The outer end of this opening is covered by a shield i3. Iprovide a large hole ll which passes downwardly through the upper edgeof the sidewall of the attachment and has its lower ond communicatingwith said hole 12, this hole acting to check the stream of air passingthrough the Ventilating hole 12.

It will thus be seen that the attachment can be easily and quicklyplaced in positioi without changing the hive in any way. l

is simply necessarytoflift the'body of the" hive o the bottom plate,place the attachment on said bottom plate and then place the body ofthehive on the attachment. During warm weather the door is lett open sothat the bees can pass directly through the opening l0 into the body ofthe hive without using the zigzag passage.' `When cold weather sets inthe door is placed in position so as to compel the bees to pass throughthe lone' zigzag oassao'ewa f this oassae-V C b D C: 7 b

way preventing' the entrance of cold air.

It is thought from the foregoing description that the advantages andnovel features of my invention will be readily apparent.

I desire it to be understood that l may make changes in the constructionand inthe combination and arrangement of the several parts,v provided.that such changes fall withframe, pairoi'. spaced bottom plates car-`ried by the frame, the lower plate having an opening in. its rear endand the top plate having an opening in 'its front end, a door opening inthe front of the frame communicating with'the space above the top plateand a door orclosing said opening.

'3. In' combination with a bee-hive, a false bottom therefor adapted tobe placed between the bottom plate and the body of the hiveysaid falsebottom comprising a frame, a pair of spaced horizontal plates carried bythe frame, the lower plate having an opening in its rear end and theupper plate hav- `mg an opening-in its front end, said frame having anopening in its iront communicatmg with the space above the upper plate,a v .door for closing said opening and the side the top plate and ashield ior the outer' end of the trame having a Ventilating openingtherein communicating with the space above ot said openino. f

4. 'ln combination with a bee-hive, a ialse bottom therefor adapted tobe placed between'the bottom plate and the body of the hive, said falsebottom comprising a trame, a pair of spaced horizontal plates carried bythe frame, the lower plate having an opening in itsV rear end and theupper plate having an opening in its frontend, said frame having anYopening in its front communicating with the space above the upperplate, a door for closing said opening and the side of' the frame havinga Ventilating opening therein communicating with the space above the topplate, a shield for the outer end of saidV opening and said trame havinga large opening extending downwardly through the upper edge of the framewith its lower end connnunicating with the Ventilating open- Incombination with a bee-hive, a false bottom for the same comprising aframe, a

' GEORGE B. Bises.

